If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.

Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for his lifetime.

About Us

AASRA is a social service group which is autonomously run by us, the students of NIT Rourkela, under the mentorship of faculties and a very wide alumni base. We help the weaker sections of society in and around Rourkela, a city in Odisha, and presently work at seven workplaces where we visit regularly and assist poor kids in their education, as the quality of education in their schools is very low. We also implement projects and campaigns to create awareness in communities where we serve with our primary objective: upliftment of the society, both economically and socially. We've been serving the society for more than a decade, and we've grown to be a group with hundreds of members on campus reaching out to 500+ families.

Projects

Team

Sidharth Patra

President

Samir Kumar Nayak

Vice President

Shibani Biswal

General Secretary

Sudha Priyadarshini

Technical Secretary

Divyajyoti Mishra

Treasurer

Surabhi Seth

General Secretary

People Speak

S K Sarangi

Because of dedicated efforts of the members of the AASRA club over the years, many underprivileged children are getting not only a reasonable education but also the company of friendly and qualified Brothers and Sisters.

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Collaborators

Diya Project

General Description of the project

Undertaken during Diwali every year, this project aims at providing a seasonal source of income for the community members of many workplaces, especially women. We at AASRA provide women with diyas and raw materials for decoration. They hand decorate them and have a great time out of it as well. We sell those diyas to the students and professors of NIT Rourkela. With huge profits being made every year and the delicate, beautiful diyas being a huge favourite with the students and professors, Diya Project is one of the most successful projects AASRA conducts every year, and every AASRAite take immense pride in walking around the NIT campus, selling these diyas.

Little's Science Yard

General Description of the project

Little's Science Yard is the annual science exhibition that AASRA organises in NIT Rourkela during Innovison, the annual techno-management fest of NIT Rourkela. This acts as a platform for the kids of our workplaces to showcase their interest in science. With our help, they enthusiastically make innovative science project, which help them improve their interest in science. Appreciation from the students and professors in the institute works as a huge motivating factor for the kids. Little's Science Yard stands very well to fulfill its objective of encouraging kids into taking Science as a field of interest during their professional career.

First-Aid Awareness

General Description of the project

This project was aimed at awaring the workplace community about first-aid. Skits were performed with the aim of teaching them about the various methods of first-aid in cases of different types of injury. First-aid boxes were prepared and filled with necessary equipment in front of them and were installed in the workplaces. This initiative got positive response from the community members who appreciated AASRA’s efforts and later, put into action what they had learnt in the awareness programme. The workplaces we visit are devoid of basic needs, and AASRA plans on mitigating these losses over the years to come.

Cleanliness Campaign

General Description of the project

This campaign aimed at educating community members about the importance of surrounding, personal cleanliness and hygiene. Skits were performed for the people, to teach them about ways how they can maintain cleanliness in their surroundings. The result of the campaign was evident from the changes that were made by the community members in their locality, in terms of regular cleaning and dustbin usage, amongst other things.

Library Setup

General Description of the project

To ensure that the kids in our workplaces have full time access to the basic books that they need for their studies as well as their all-round development, libraries have been set up in the workplaces. Books including textbooks, atlases, dictionaries and storybooks have been kept there, and other books deemed essential for mental growth and development of these kids. The kids have hugely benefitted from this, as they have started regularly borrowing and reading books from there. After all, education is the key to success!

Skill Developement

General Description of the project

Our world is filled with talented kids devoid of opportunities. There are hundreds of kids in Rourkela itself, who couldn't pursue dreams or secure themselves a stable future due to lack of money and other resources.
We at AASRA recognized a few of them, and got them enrolled under the PMKVY scheme(Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana), a skill development course. You'll be more than happy to know that two of the six kids enrolled have already been placed, with one boy named ASHOK of OSAP colony getting a job in Barbeque nation, BBSR and a girl named PADMINI of sector 21 in Raipur. We expect the other four kids to be placed any time now. AASRA thanks every volunteer involved who made this a grand success and helped underprivileged kids secure a bright future.